Coin dispensing device



N. A. GECEWICZ 3,180,343

COIN DISPENSING DEVICE A ril 27, 1965 4 Sheets-Sheet J.

Filed May22, 1961 l lfl i f 50 v 24 74 76 n3 v WK Q2 Z0 Z0 48 INVENTOR.

April 27, 1965 N. A. GECEWICZ COIN DISPENSING DEVICE Filed May 22, 1961mwszvroge. JVbrberz A. Gecewzq; BY

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April 7, 1965 N. A; GECEWICZ 3,180,343

COIN DISPENS ING DEVICE Filed May 22, 1961 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR,

JVorberi/l. 686810165 BY United States Patent 3,180,343 COIN DISPENSENGDE'VHQE Norbert A. Gecewicz, Rockford, Ill, assignor, by mesneassignments, to Reed Electromech Corporation, Rochford, Ill., acorporation of Delaware Filed May 22, 196i, Ser. No. 111,835 Claims.(Cl. 133-5) This invention relates to a dispensing device and moreparticularly to a device for dispensing units individually and withoutjamming because of dimension, shape or condition of the units beingdispensed.

The invention will be described with reference to a coin dispensingdevice wherein single coins are adapted to be dispensed in payout,change making or the like, but it will be understood that the devicedescribed can be adapted for dispensing other flat items, such as discs,wafers, checks, washers, tubular members, sleeves, pills, capsules,cans, etc., of circular, rectangular or other curvilinear or polygonalshapes.

A number of problems arise in the design of coin dispensers adapted topay out coins individually from a coin supply. Some of these problemsarise from the differences in the effective thicknesses of coins of thesame denomination due either to wear, to the presence of burrs, or tobends in the coins. Others arise because of the bonding of one coin ontoanother or because the coins become bent in use.

With coins that have been worn thin, it becomes possible for two thincoins to be dispensed together during a single payout, especially wherethe payout opening is dimensioned to permit the payout of a bent coinwithout jamming. With the proper combination of two thin coins or a thincoin and a bent coin, it becomes possible to cause the coins to becomewedged in the payout opening thereby to jam the dispensing device.

With bent coins, a bent coin can become wedged in the payout opening tojam the device if the payout opening is dimensioned to have a heightless than two thin coins but greater than a normal coin to preventpayout of two badly worn coins together. If the form line of the bentcoin is crosswise of the coin slide, it will become possible for thecoin slide to pass under the upraised edge of the coin whereby payoutmight not occur. If the payout opening is adequate for. displacement ofa badly bent coin, then it becomes possible for a combination of twocoins worn thin to be dispensed together or for the combination of abent and thin coin to become wedged in the payout opening and jam thedevice.

With coins having burrs or. greater effective thickness than calculatedfor a new or conventional coin of a particular denomination, it becomespossible for the burred coin to either jam the payout opening if theopening is small enough to prevent payout of the pair of coins or topick up the next coin in the stack for either a double payout or else tojam the payout opening. The foregoing sets forth various difficultieswhich arise inpayout devices of the type heretofore employed.

It is an object of this invention to produce a dispensing device, of thetype described which is free of the problems and the difficultiesheretofore described.

the device; and which operates to eifect positive displace ment of acoin upon each cycle of operation notwithstanding the presence of bentcoins having their form lines extending crosswise of the coindisplacement slide. And it is a related object to produce a dispensingdevice of the type described which is simple in construction, and easyin operation; which is easily fabricated of readily available andinexpensive parts; which can be adapted for use with coins or units ofvarious denominations, thickness, dimensions, etc., to efiect payout ofva single unit during eac cycle of operation of the machine.

These and other objects and advantages of this inven tion willhereinafter appear and for purposes of illustration, but not oflimitation, an embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a sectional elevational view of a portion of a dispensingdevice embodying the features of this invention;

FIG. 2 is a view taken from the top side of the dispensing device shownin FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an elevational view taken from the left side of the dispensingdevice shown in FIGS. 1 and 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional View taken along the line 4-4 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line 55 of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line 6-6 of FIG. 2 showingthe elements in their normal starting position;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view similar to that of FIG. 6 showing thearrangement of elements in an early stage of the dispensing cycle;

FIG. 8 is a sectional view similar to that of FIGS. 6 and 7 showing thearrangement of elements in a still further stage of the dispensingcycle; a

FIG. 9 is a sectional View similar to that of FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 showingthe arrangement of elements upon completion of the dispensing stroke;

FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line 1tl-lil of FIG. 6 showing abent coin having its form line parallel with the center ofthe coinslide;

FIG. 11 is a schematic top plan view of the coin and coin slide showingthe relationship when the coin is a bent coin having its form linecrosswise of the center of Y the coin slide; and

Another object is to produce a dispensing device of the type describedfrom which individual units may be dispensed responsive to each cycle ofoperation of the device notwithstanding the presence of thin, thick,burred or bent units.

More specifically, it is an object of this invention to produce a coindispensing device from which individual coins can be dispensed per cycleof operation; which avoids being jammed by the presence of thin, thickor bent coins; which permits the passage of more than one coin where twocoins stick'together-thereby to avoid jamming- FIG. 12 is a'sectionalview of the coin and coin slide illustrating the relationship when thecoin is a bent coin having its form line crosswise of the coin slide butwith the form line in a raised position.

Referring now to the drawings for a description of the coin dispensingdevice, it represents a coin tube having with the opening 12 through thecoin tubeto form a continuation thereof so that the stack of coins 14 inthe tube will extend into the opening 18 and come to rest upon a baseplate 29 secured to a supporting frame 22, as by bolt members 2 2-. Thebase plate is in vertical alignment with the contiguous openings 12 and18' and it is dimensioned to extend from the backside to beyond thefrontside of the housing. The upper end portion of the housing about theopening is formed with an annular recess 26 and the outer Wall of thecoin tube is similarly recessed at 28 to enable the lower end portion ofthe tubular member to be received in fitting relationship within thehousing with the inner walls defining the contiguous openings beingsubstantially flush one with the other to avoid any obstruction to thefree passage of the stacked 3 coins from the coin tube into the housing.In the preferred practice of this invention, the inner walls 3+3defining the openings in the housing are tapered gradually to increasethe cross-sectional dimension of the opening from the upper edge portionto the base.

The base plate 20 can be a fiat plate but, for purposes which willhereinafter be defined, it is preferred to provide embossments 32 in theforward end portion of the base plate having a portion which extendsinto the opening and a continuous portion which extends into the payoutopening 34. In the preferred practice of the invention, the embossmentscomprise a pair of laterally spaced apart parallel ribs extendinglengthwise through the described portion of the base plate with the ribsbeing spaced crosswise one from the other by an amount less than thecrosswise dimension of the coins to be dispensed and preferably with theribs equally spaced from the center so that the lowermost coins in thestack will rest, at least in part, upon the upper edge of the ribs in aslightly vertically spaced apart relation from the surface of the baseplate.

Slidable lengthwise over the surface of the base plate through a slot 36in the backside of the housing and the payout opening 34 in thefrontside of the housing between a retracted position and a dispensingposition is a slide plate 38 which is formed with a curvilinear cutout4d at the forward edge portion defining spaced ends 42 and 4a in theform of tongs spaced one from the other by an amount slightly less thanthe crosswise dimension of the coins adapted to be dispensed. A bevel 46from the upper surface is provided in the edge portion of the slideplate lining the curvilinear cutout and the plate is dimensioned to havea thickness at the bevel which is less than the thickness of thethickest of the coins adapted to be dis pensed and the plate is adaptedto have a width greater than the width of coins adapted to be dispensed,the slide plate can be actuated by conventional means (not shown) fordisplacement from retracted to dispensing position and back during acycle of operation. The element 48 in FIG. 7 is representative of anactuator rod mounted for lengthwise sliding movement to effectdisplacement of the dispensing plate 38 between a pair of longitudinallyaligned spaced apart coin dispensing units of the type embodying thefeatures of this invention, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2.

The housing 16 is formed with a forward extension and a rearwardextension 52. The rearward extension is provided with an opening 54 inthe bottom side in lengthwise alignment with the center portion of thecoin opening 18 for housing a roller bearing 56 which is constantlyurged in the downward direction towards the base plate 29, as by meansof a coil spring 58 confined under tension within a contiguous opening66 with one end of the coil spring bearing against the roof of thehousing while the lower end bears against the topside of the ballbearing 56 thereby constantly to urge the ball bearing in the downwarddirection.

The forward extension 50 is provided with a pair of openings 62 and 64in the bottom and crosswise alignment and equally spaced from thelengthwise center line of the coin opening with the spacing between theopenings being more than one-half but less than the crosswise dimensionof the coins to be dispensed and preferably corresponding to the spacingbetween the underlying ribs 32 on the base plate vertically to align theopenings so that the ball bearings 66 and 68, housed within the openings62 and 64 respectively, will be in vertical alignment with the ribs toride thereon. The ball bearings are constantly urged in the downwarddirection towards the base plate by means of compressed coil springs 76and 72 housed within openings contiguous with the upper ends of theopenings 62 and 64 with the upper ends of the coil springs bearingagainst the roof of the housing and the lower ends bearing against thetopsides of the ball bearings.

In the retracted position, shown in FIG. 6, the forward end portion ofthe slide plate 38 is adapted to be positioned rearwardly of the coinopening 13 of the housing and preferably rearwardly of the guide ballbearing 56. In the dispensing position, the slide plate is adapted to bedisplaced forwardly over the base plate to beyond the payout opening 34through the forward portion of the housing and during which the forwardend portion of the slide plate engages the lowermost coin in the stackto displace the coin from the stack through the payout opening 34 fordelivery. It is desirable positively to displace the delivered coin frombetween the prongs of the slide plate when the coin has been forwardedto dispensnig position to make certain of the release of the coin fordelivery. For this purpose, the base plate 20 is provided with an arm 74which extends forwardly beyond the housing with a knob 76 projectingupwardly in the path of the coin and in position to engage the leadingedge of the coin when the latter is displaced by the slide plate uponmovement to dispensing position. Thus the coin is cammed upwardly out ofthe grip of the prongs and tipped to one side to free the coin of theslide plate for delivery, as illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 9.

The height of the slot 36 through the rearward portion of the housing isnot critical since it is only necessary for the slot to have a heightgreater than the thickness of the slide plate 38 to enable displacementof the slide plate therethrough but not so high as to enable the escapeof the bearing member 56. The height of the payout slot 34 isdimensioned to be greater than the maximum thickness of two coins andpreferably greater than the maximum thickness of two bent coins so that,if the two lowermost coins in the stack become inseparable, such bondedcoins can be displaced through the payout opening for delivery withoutbecoming wedged in the opening or otherwise jamming the device by reasonof their failure to pass through the opening.

In practice, the lowermost coin 14 in the stack will rest upon the baseplate 20 in endwise alignment with the curvilinear forward edge portionof the payout slide plate 38.

As the slide plate 38 is advanced forwardly from normal position, inFIG. 6, rearwardly of the bearing member 56, the tapered leading edgeportion of the slide plate will en gage the curvilinear surface of theball bearing 56 to cam the latter upwardly from the path thereof. Thusthe bearing will ride over the surface of the advancing slide plateconstantly to urge the slide plate to its lowermost position on the baseplate, and thereby to steady the slide plate, as illustrated in FIG. 7.

As the slide plate continues its forward displacement, the taperedforward edge portion of the slide engages the peripheral edge portion ofthe lowermost coin in the stack to cause the lowermost coin to becomedisplaced forwardly from beneath the stack. If the coin is of normalconstruction, engagement between the coin and the slide plate will beeffected between the prongs of the slide plate. However, if the coin isof such configuration as to clear the prongs, then the peripheral edgeof the coin will be in position to be engaged by a curvilinear edge ofthe slide plate to effect displacement, as will hereinafter be pointedout. 1

The stack of coins is confronted by the pair of laterally spaced apartresilient restraining members 66 and 68 whereby all but the positivelydisplaced lowermost coin is held back against forward displacement.Positive displacement of the lowermost coin will bring the forward edgeportion of the coin into camming engagement with the curvilinearsurfaces of the ball bearings 66 and 68 whereby the bearings are cammedupwardly out of the path of the lowermost positively displaced coin butwith the bearing still remaining in the path of other coins which,

. unless positively displaced, are restrained by the bearing to preventpayout of more than one coin.

It should be pointed out that the distance that the bearing members areraised can be variable depending upon the thickness of the coins orbends in the coin that is positively displaced. If the next to thelowermost coin happens to become bonded to the lowermost coin by reasonof adhesions, burrs or the like so that the two coins are displacedtogether, the device will not become jammed since the two coins can actas a unit under positive displacement to cam the bearings out of theirpath. Even though this will amount to a double payout, it is preferred,on these few occasions, to pay out two coins rather than to jam themachine. For this purpose, the payout opening 34 is dimensioned to havea height greater than the thickness of two coins to permit the passageof two coins without jamming, even though one or both of the coins maybe bent.

While the restraining means is illustrated as comprising a pair oflaterally spaced apart bearing members 66 and 68, it will be apparentthat the desired restraint against the passage of coins other than theone positively displaced by the slide can be achieved by a singlehearing which would preferably be centrally located. It is preferred,however, to make use of a pair of laterally spaced apart restrainingmembers adapted simultaneously to be engaged by the leading edge of thedisplaced coin since such space restraining members would tend to centerthe coin and to steady the coin during passage thereunder, whereas onlyone restraining member may cause lateral displacement of the coin and/or tipping of the coin about the edge portion bearing the forces of therestraining member.

Continued displacement of the slide to dispensing position will causeadvancement of the lowermost coin in the stack through the payoutopening 34 to the portion of the base plate extending outwardly beyondthe housing. This will bring the leading edge portion of the displacedcoin into camming engagement with the knob 76 on the end of the baseplate positively to disengage the coin from the slide plate and fortipping the coin for delivery, as illustrated in FIG. 9.

Return of the slide plate to starting position will enable the bearingmembers to return to their normal lowered position at rest on the baseplate. As theslide plate clears the underside of the stack of coins, thestack will drop onto the base plate to bring the lowermost coin in' thestack into the path of the leading edge of the slide for subsequentpayout during the next cycle of operation.

Having described the basic construction and operation, illustration willnow be made of the features whereby the difiiculties heretoforeencountered with conventional construction have been overcome.Illustration has already been made of the flexibility in operationwhereby two joined coins can be eliminated from the device withoutbreaking the machine or. jamming the machine, the only loss being theinfrequent double payout where such strong adhesions exist. Descriptionalso has been made of the centering means and the restraining meanswhereby full control is maintained for a single payout notwithstandingthe availability of a payout opening sufficient to pass more than onecoin.

In FIG. 10, illustration is madeof the payout of a bent coin having itsform line running lengthwise along the center of the coin so that thecenter of the coin will sit down between the ribs in the path of theslideplate while the lateral edges of the coin remain free of theprongs, as illustrated in FIG: 10. Under such circumstances, reliancecannot be had upon the prongs for engagement of the coin fordisplacement. Instead, the center of the slide plate will be inposition'to engage the coin positively-to displace the bent coin fromits lowermost position in the stack. The restraining members 66 and 68operate to steady the coin during actuation thereby to provide forsmooth and positive displacement. If the form line is uppermost, it willbe apparent that the lateral edges of the coin will lie on the ribs andin the path of the prongs for engagement.

When the form line of the bent coin is crosswise of.

the slide plate so that the forward edge of the coin slide might passunder the rearward edge of the coin, reliance is had on'the prongs toengage the lateral edges of the bent coin to effect positivedisplacement, as in FIG. 11. The gripping relation established betweenthe prongs on the end of the slide and the edges of the coin by reasonof the coin having a width greater than the spaced relationship betweenthe prongs often requires external means to disengage the coin from theprongs. It is in such situation where the knob or abutment '76 functionspositively to effect disengagement as the coin is advanced to itsforward position. It will be noted that where engagement is effected bythe prongs, the intervening portion of the peripheral edge of the coinwill be free of the slide, as in FIG. 11, whereby the coin is carried bythe prongs.

Where the form line is crosswise but raised, as in FIG. 12, then therearward edge of the coin is lowermost and will thus lie in the path ofthe slide to be engaged by the tapered edge for positive displacement.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that I have provided a simple andefficient means for stabilizing the elements for coin displacement andpayout whereby but a single coin' is paid out by the device and wherebyjamming of the device is substantially completely avoided. As previouslypointed out, the concepts of this invention have application to thepayout of other disc members for various purposes and that numerouschanges may be made in the details of construction, arrangement andoperation without departing from the spirit of the invention, especiallyas defined in the following claims.

I claim:

1. A coin payout device having a slide shiftable lengthwise through ahousing for engagement with the lowermost coin in a stack for positivedisplacement of the lowermost coin from the stack through a payoutopening in the housing in endwise alignment with the stack, a blockingmeans shiftable vertically between blocking and unblocking position inthe path of the coin during passage fromthe stack through the payoutopening comprising a pair of laterally spaced apart curvilinear members, means constantly urging said members towards a blocking positionin the path of the coins whereby said curvilinear members confront thecoins to limit passage thereof to coins positively displaced by theslide, said coins operating responsive to positive displacement to camthe curvilinear members out of the path of the coins to permit thepositively displaced coins to pass through the payout opening.

2. A coin payout device having a slide shiftable lengthwise through ahousing for engagement with the lowermost coin in a stack for positivedisplacement ofthe lowermost coin from the stack through a payoutopening in the housing in endwise alignment with the stack, a blockingmeans shiftable vertically between blocking and unblocking position inthe path of the coin during passage from the stack through thepayout-opening comprising a pair of bearingmembers shiftable verticallyWithin the housing between a blocking position in the path of the coinsand an unblocking position out of the path of the coins, resilient meansconstantly urging said blocking means towards blocking position to blockpassage of the coins through the payout opening, said coins operatingresponsive to engagement between the leading V edge of the coin and thebearing members to cam the hearing members out of the path of the cointo permit COllJS positively displaced to pass under the bearing mem*bers through the payout opening.

3. A coin payout device as claimed in claim 2 in which the bearingmembers are laterally spaced apart in equal distance from the centerline of the slide .and laterally spaced apart one from the other by an:amount less than the crosswise dimension of the coin but more thanone-half the crosswise dimension. 7

4. A disc member payout device having a slide shiftable lengthwisethrough a housing for engagement with the lowermost disc member in astack within the housing for positive displacement of the lowermost discmemher through a payout opening in the housing in endwise alignment withthe stack, a stabilizing means shiftable in the direction toward andaway from the slide plate for engagement with the top surface of theslide plate prior to engagement between the slide plate and the stackeddisc member, and means constantly urging said stabilizing means towardsthe slide plate resiliently to engage the top side of the slide plateduring engagement to stabilize the position of the slide plate.

5. A payout device of the type described comprising a housing having avertically disposed opening dimensioned to receive a plurality ofobjects to be dispensed in stacked relation therein and having a baseplate on which the lowermost of the objects in the stack comes to rest,a payout slide plate mounted for shifting movement across the bottomside of the opening between a retracted position to one side of theopening and a payout position on the other side of the opening anddimensioned to have a thickness less than the thickness of the object tobe dispensed, a payout opening extending through the housing from thebottom side of the vertical opening in alignment with the direction ofmovement of the payout slide from retracted to payout position and inwhich the payout opening is dimensioned to have a height greater thanthe thickness of two of the objects to be dispensed, and laterallyspaced apart vertically displaceable means within the payout openingobstructing the path of travel of the objects through the payout openingfor delivery, and means constantly urging said laterally spaced apartvertically displaceable means downwardly into the path of the objectsdisplaced wherein said laterally spaced apart vertically displaceablemeans are displaced upwardly by the objects positively displaced by theslide plate, the combination of said payout opening and said laterallyspaced apart vertically displaceable means being normally adapted toallow delivery of an object of standard thickness but being capable ofallowing delivery of an object of super standard effective thickness ormore than a single object to thereby prevent jamming and accompanyingdevice inactivation.

6. A payout device as claimed in claim in which the payout slide platecomprises an elongate plate having a curvilinear cutout in the leadingedge portion in endwise alignment with the stack of objects, said cutoutat the leading edge having a crosswise dimension less than the crosswisedimension of the objects whereby the objects will normally be engagedonly along the opposite lateral edges by the slide during displacement.

7. A payout device as claimed in claim 6 in which the cutout iscurvilinear with the edge portion about the cutout having a downwardtaper.

8. A coin payout device comprising a housing having a verticallydisposed opening dimensioned to receive a stack of'coins and ahorizontally disposed slot contiguous with the bottom side of saidopening and extending forwardly therefrom through the housing to definea payout opening, said payout opening being dimensioned to have a widthat least as great as the crosswise dimension of the coin and a height atleast twice the thickness of the coin, a slide plate mounted forreciprocal movement between normal retracted position having its leadingedge rearwardly of the opening and payout position with its leading edgedisplaced'at least part way across the opening and in which the slideplate is dimensioned to have a thickness less than the thickness of acoil to engage the lowermost coin in the stack for displacement throughthe payout opening when the slide plate is actuated from retractedtoward payout position, a pair of laterally spaced apart verticallyshiftable means equally spaced from the center of the slot and spacedone from the other by an amount less than the cross-sectional dimensionof the coin, resilient means associated with said pair of means to urgesaid pair of means downwardly into the path of the coin positivelydisplaced by the slide from its lowermost position in the stack tonormally cause said pair of means to block displacement of coins fromthe stack other than the coin positively displaced by the slide platethrough the payout opening, said pair of means being displaced from thepath of said positively displaced coin responsive to engagement of saidcoin during positive displace- .ent to enable passage of said coin fromthe stack to payout position, the combination of said payout opening,said resilient means and said pair of means being adapted to normallyallow delivery of a single coin but being capable of allowing deliveryof a bent coin or more than a single coin to thereby prevent jamming ofthe payout device.

- 9. A coin payout device as claimed in claim 8 in which said pair ofmeans comprise ball bearings and in which the means resiliently urgingthe ball bearings towards their lowermost position comprise springmembers.

10. A coin payout device as claimed in claim 8 which includes verticallyshiftable means within the housing rearwardly of the opening and inlengthwise alignment therewith, and means constantly urging said meanstowards its lowermost position resiliently to engage the top side of thepayout slide during displacement from retracted to payout position.

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1. A COIN PAYOUT DEVICE HAVING A SLIDE SHIFTABLE LENGTHWISE THROUGH AHOUSING FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE LOWERMOST COIN IN A STACK FOR POSITIVEDISPLACEMENT OF THE LOWERMOST COIN FROM THE STACK THROUGH A PAYOUTOPENING IN THE HOUSING IN ENDWISE ALIGNMENT WITH THE STACK, A BLOCKINGMEANS SHIFTABLE VERTICALLY BETWEEN BLOCKING AND UNBLOCKING POSITION INTHE PATH OF THE COIN DURING PASSAGE FROM THE STACK THROUGH THE PAYOTOPENING COMPRISING A PAIR OF LATERALLY SPACED APART CURVILINEAR MEMBERS,MEANS CONSTANTLY URGING SAID MEMBERS TOWARDS A BLOCKING POSITION IN THEPATH OF THE COINS WHEREBY SAID CURVILINEAR MEMBERS CONFRONT THE COINS TOLIMIT PASSAGE THEREOF TO COINS POSITIVELY DISPLACED BY THE SLIDE, SAIDCOINS OPERATING RESPONSIVE TO POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT TO CAM THECURVILINEAR MEMBERS OUT OF THE PATH OF THE COINS TO PERMIT THEPOSITIVELY DISPLACED COINS TO PASS THROUGH THE PAYOUT OPENING.